Our Annual Concert took place on June 28th at All Saints Church, Oystermouth. The venue was full to capacity and the choir was introduced by our Chairman, Ed Parton. We started with the rousing Welsh hymn ‘Cwm Rhondda’, which set the tone for a wonderful evening of singing. 
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Our guests this year were Parti Llwchwr, a small ladies choir from Loughor. They were formed in 1955 and have appeared many times on S4C and competed very successfully in Eisteddfodau across Wales. They were directed by Mrs Janet Jones and accompanied by D Huw Rees, who is also musical director of the Morriston Rugby Club Male Voice Choir. The blend of the excellent voices and musical phrasing makes them a joy to which to listen, and they closed their first section with ‘Anthem’ from ‘Chess’ to rapturous applause.

During the concert our President, Geoff Wheel, presented a 20 year tie to John Moses, one of our bottom bass section. John is a very loyal member of the choir and rarely misses any of our choir engagements. We completed the first half with the rousing ‘Prayer’ from ‘Lohengrin’.

After the interval we sang our next set including our own arrangement of ‘Delilah’ and Parti Llwchwr sang a number of Welsh items including 2 pieces by Robat Arwyn, ‘Anfonaf Angel’ and ‘Yfory’. We then sang our last set, starting with ‘This Is The Moment’ which was arranged by D Huw Rees, and ended with our own commemoration of the First World War entitled ‘Memories of the Great War’. This is a medley of songs put together by our musical team, which came out from the war and includes ‘It’s A Long Way To Tipperary’, ‘Over There’, and ‘Keep The Home Fires Burning’. The choir then marches on the spot for ‘They Were Only Playing Leapfrog’ to the tune of ‘John Brown’s Body’ and we close with ‘Pack Up Your Troubles’. 

The concert ended with the 2 choirs joining together to sing ‘An American Trilogy’, which featured our own Steve Wilson on the organ, and when it ended the audience rose to its feet in appreciation of another wonderful ‘annual’.
The choirs and guests then adjourned to a splendid buffet laid on by Carol Clewett and members of the Ladies section, and a bar was available organised by John Rickard. Many thanks to them and to the invaluable help we get from our Ladies section on the night, for stewarding and selling CD’s and during the year. Thanks to our main sponsor ‘Grwp Gwalia’ and to the many businesses and individuals who provide adverts for our programme. Thanks must also go to our musical team, Nick, Rhian and Steve who work so tirelessly to ensure the evening is a great success.

We sang at the Woodman on Friday 6th as part of the fund raising weekend held at the pub. There was a lot of entertainment going on and we were pleased to take part. It was windy outside so we had to sing among the tables (getting 45 singers in was a bit of a squeeze!), but it went well considering the difficulties. We gave our services for free and the weekend raised over £5000 for charity.

We are pleased to welcome Richard Adlam-Hill to the choir. He has passed his audition and taken his place in the first tenors. Congratulations to Richard.